Apprentices: East of England

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  how many Government-funded apprenticeships there were in each local authority area in the East of England in each of the last three years;
	(2)  how many apprenticeship starts in each (a) industry type and (b) age group there were in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last three years.

Matthew Hancock: As the requested tables are large, I am making data available in the Libraries of the House. Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship programme starts by local education authority in the East of England. Table 2 shows the number of apprenticeship programme starts by sector subject area and age group in Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency, Suffolk local education authority and England. Final data are shown for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 academic years and provisional data are shown for the 2011/12 academic year.